In the Bay Area, in Los Angeles, in San Diego — the traditional boundaries of California journalism are shifting fast.
In the (future of) news this week: Facebook, The New York Times, GigaOM, Hasselhoff? nie.mn/yrRbkW 
Links on Twitter: FT’s online subscriptions jump 15% in 2009, Netflix queries users on streaming to iPhone, Yahoo News reopens comments
After a three-year(!) hiatus, Yahoo News is once again open to commenters. http://bit.ly/aHGJX2(via @agolis) »
@StoweBoyd launches “Hotbed,” a True/Slant blog focused on NYC’s tech-startup explosionhttp://bit.ly/aeC7QP (via @codybrown) »
Over the next ten months, AOL plans to pump up to $50 million into its hyperlocal site network Patch http://j.mp/9S9inf »
Netflix wants to know if you would watch a streaming movie or TV show on your iPhonehttp://j.mp/d9nwy9 »
In 2009 the FT’s paid online subscriptions increased 15% to 126,000 users and 750 corporate licences http://j.mp/99RSZr »
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February 8, 2012
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